An Egyptian Granite Foundation Stone for the Pharaoh Seti I
Sale 1273 - Antiquities & Ancient Art: Including Property from the Brummer Collection
Dec 5, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$6,000 -
8,000
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$16,380
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Lot Description
An Egyptian Granite Foundation Stone for the Pharaoh Seti I
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, Reign of Seti I, 1306-1290 B.C.
Width 14 7/8 inches (37.78 cm).
Property from a Private Estate, Cleveland, Ohio
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe.
Christie's, London, Antiquities, 8 April 1998, Lot 151.
The Merrin Gallery, New York, 1999.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 9 August 1999.
This granite stone with its dove-tail form was most likely used as a joiner stone between two foundation blocks. Incised with hieroglyphs that read from right to left: "The good god, Men-maat-re."
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